A Chicago man accepted a plea deal and was sentenced to 18 years in prison for possessing more than 400 grams of fentanyl and violence on an officer.
Rashawn A. Carter, 50, agreed to plead guilty to one Class X felony count of manufacturing/delivery of 400-900 grams of fentanyl and one Class 2 felony count of aggravated battery to a peace officer during his pre-trial hearing on Monday, court records show.
Carter received an 18-year jail sentence and 18 months of mandatory supervised release for his Class X felony.
He received a four-year term for the Class 2 felony.
According to WCIA’s partners at the Ford County Chronicle, these sentences will be served consecutively. The Class 4 felony count of driving with a revoked or suspended license was dismissed as part of the plea agreement.
According to court documents, Carter is receiving credit for 82 days already served. According to State’s Attorney Andrew Killian, he must complete 75% of his sentence before being released on parole after two and a half years.
According to the charging paperwork, he faced 12 to 50 years in prison for fentanyl and three to seven years for battery.
Carter was arrested on June 24 after speeding away from an Illinois state trooper who pulled him over. Troopers originally lost him but were able to locate him a short time later “up in a tree” with the use of a Ford County Sheriff’s Office drone.
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